Acumenus

Acumenus(Ancient Greek:Ἀκουμενός) was aphysicianofAthenswho lived in the 5th century BC. He was mentioned as the friend and companion ofSocrates.^[1]He was the father ofEryximachus,who was also a physician, and who is introduced as one of the speakers inPlato'sSymposium.^[2]He is also mentioned in the collection of letters first published byLeo Allatiusin 1637 (Epist. Socralis et Socraticorum), and again by Orellius in 1815.^[3]

Both Acumenus and Eryximachus were implicated in accusations of sacrilege in 415. After being named by the slave Lydus as having profaned theEleusinian Mysteries,Acumenus fled Athens.^[4]

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^Plato,Phaedrusinit.
- Xen. Memor. iii. 13. § 2
^Plato,Protagorasp. 315, c.
-Plato,Symposiump. 176, c
^Greenhill, William Alexander (1867),"Acumenus",in Smith, William (ed.),Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 17{{citation}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^Nails, Debra(2002).The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics.Hackett Publishing. p. 2.ISBN 978-0872205642.

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[1] Plato,Phaedrusinit.
- Xen. Memor. iii. 13. § 2

[2] Plato,Protagorasp. 315, c.
-Plato,Symposiump. 176, c

[3] Greenhill, William Alexander (1867),"Acumenus",in Smith, William (ed.),Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology,vol. 1, Boston, MA, p. 17{{citation}}:CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[4] Nails, Debra(2002).The People of Plato: A Prosopography of Plato and Other Socratics.Hackett Publishing. p. 2.ISBN 978-0872205642.

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